Liu, Shuli
Fang, Lingzhao
Zhou, Yang
Santos, Daniel J.A.
Xiang, Ruidong
Daetwyler, Hans D.
Chamberlain, Amanda J.
Cole, John B.
Li, Cong-jun
Yu, Ying
Ma, Li
Zhang, Shengli
Liu, George E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-6705
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2013-67015-20951, 2016-67015-24886, 2019-67015-29321)
United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (US-4997-17)
Article History
Received: 19 June 2019
Accepted: 28 October 2019
First Online: 21 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Semen samples from U.S. Holstein bulls were collected with approval of the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee under Protocol 16–016. Semen samples from China Holstein bulls were collected with approval of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at China Agricultural University under Protocol DK996, which included written informed consent to use the animals from the owners of the animals.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests except that George Liu is a member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of this journal.